Jan. 31 Going Out

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Jan 30, 2013 at 2:24 PM

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LocalConcerts: High Rock Outfitters offers concerts weekly at its 13 S. Main St. venue. Upcoming concerts include: The Morning After, 9:30 p.m., Friday $5; Overmountain Men CD release show, 9 p.m., Saturday $10; N.C.-based bluegrass band Town Mountain, 9 p.m. Feb. 8. If Birds Could Fly will open the show, $10; Jeff Hale and Friends, Feb. 9, $8; Jeff Sipe Trio, 9 p.m., Feb. 12, $5; The Broadcast, 9 p.m., Feb. 15, $10; Brushfire Stankgrass, Feb. 16, $5; The Deluge with Possum Jenkins, 9 p.m., Feb. 22, $8; Tiny Boxes, Feb. 23, $5; Songcraft Live featuring Aaron Wood and The Honey Dewdrops, Feb. 28. Call 248-4444 or visit www.highrockoutfitters for tickets.Music and wine: Lee Crowell will perform from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Junius Lindsay Vineyard, 385 Doctor Zimmerman Road.Theater: North Carolina Shakespeare Co. will present "A Midsummer Night's Dream" from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Conference Center at Davidson County Community College.Music: "Then Sings My Soul" will be performed from 6 to 7 p.m. Feb. 21 in Gee Auditorium on the Davidson County Community College campus, celebrating DCCC's 50th anniversary. It will feature the rich musical history of America, including spirituals and popular Broadway songs.Symphony: The N.C. Symphony will perform March 23 at the Edward C. Smith Civic Center, 217 S. Main St. with resident conductor William Henry Curry. For tickets, call 242-2783.Play: "The Vagina Monologues," by Eve Ensler, will be performed at 11 a.m. March 28 and April 4, at 7 p.m. April 5 and at 3 p.m. April 6 in Gee Auditorium at Davidson County Community College. The play celebrates female sexuality in all its complexity and mystery. The performance includes excerpts produced by students in an American Women's Studies course.Speaker: The April Campus Speaker Series at Davidson County Community College features Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss as they present their side of the story portrayed in the Academy Award-winning film "The Social Network" from 11 a.m. to noon April 3 in the Conference Center. MUSICSymphony: The Salisbury Symphony Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Keppel Auditorium on the Catawba College campus.The orchestra begins in the pit (and, the auditorium) led by Maestro David Hagy, with a "surround-sound" offering of Corigliano's "To Music" followed closely by Schubert's "An die Musik." Soprano Megan Cleaveland will hit the highest note possible when she sings Mozart's "Popoli di Tessaglia" and then the curtain opens to present the Piedmont Dance Theatre's original choreography to Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik." Tickets are $22 for adults, $6 for students and $4 for children ages 8 and younger. Concert tickets are available at Rowan County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Belk (Salisbury Mall), Sidewalk Deli, Green Goat Gallery (Spencer), Crescent Pharmacy (Rockwell) and Silver Showcase (Landis). Tickets may be purchased also through PayPal on the Symphony's website at www.salisburysymphony.org, or by credit card by calling the symphony office at (704) 637-4314. The box office will open at 6:30 the evening of the performance.PLAYSTheater: Hanesbrands Theatre will present "The Magistrate" starring John Lithgow as part of The National Theatre Live in HD series at 8 p.m.7:30 p.m.Feb. 11. The Hanesbrands Theatre at The Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts is at 209 N. Spruce St., Winston-Salem. Tickets for the National Theatre Live in HD screenings are $15 for students and $18 for adults and can be purchased by calling the Hanesbrands Theatre Box Office at 747-1414 or through the Hanesbrands Theatre website at www.hanesbrandstheatre.org.EVENTPresidents Day event: In celebration of Presidents Day, Old Salem Museums & Gardens is holding a day of hands-on activities and demonstrations suitable for the whole family from 9:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. Feb. 16. Activities include learning about presidential punch and Washington's visit to Salem (Salem Tavern Museum); discussion of the 1832 celebration of Washington's 100th birthday (Salem Tavern Barn); participating in a mock election, learn about the election of 1840 and listen to patriotic music (Vogler House); making and tasting Washington's favorite food: hoecakes (Single Brothers' Workshop); witnessing the reading of General Orders 32: Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (St. Philips Heritage Center); and more. The cost is included in an Old Salem Museums & Gardens All-In-One Ticket, which is $21 for adults and $10 for ages 6-16. Tickets can be purchased online at oldsalem.org or at the Visitor Center at 900 Old Salem Road.

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